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In 2022, the transitional government and opposition agreed to move it to late 2024. [6] [7] In September 2024, the government ordered the elections to be postponed until 22 December 2026, citing the need to complete institutional processes such the creation of a census and a permanent constitution and the registration of political parties. [8]
President Salva Kiir of South Sudan says his country's long-delayed elections will take place in 2024 and that he will be on the ballot. Kiir, who has led South Sudan since the territory became ...
South Sudan has never had a national election. However the most recent sub-national election was in 2010 for the presidency of the regional government of Southern Sudan [1] and for the bicameral, 170-member Legislative Assembly. Voting Age limit is 18 years old and above.
South Sudan is planning national elections later this year to choose leaders to succeed the current transitional government, which includes President Salva Kiir and First Vice President Riek ...
The executive branch of government is headed by the president. Under the TCSS, the president's term lasts for two consecutive 5-year terms. However, in April 2015, South Sudan's parliament voted to extend Kiir's term to 9 July 2018. [40] A new vote held in July 2018 further postponed South Sudan's first election until 2021. The president has ...
International guarantors of South Sudan's peace process said the transitional government's postponement of elections due in December was disappointing and showed its failure to implement a 2018 ...
The legislative competencies of the National Government of South Sudan are vested in the National Legislature in respect of all matters assigned to it in Schedules A, C and D of the Transitional Constitution (read together with Schedule E of the Transitional Constitution). [2] The National Legislative Assembly exercises the following functions [3]
The government of South Sudan and rebel opposition groups on Thursday signed a “commitment declaration” for peace during high-level mediation talks in Kenya, described as key step in efforts ...